Text 12185, 92 rader
Skriven 2011-06-14 07:10:33 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 12170 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Cell Phones on the move
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Just yesterday I was on my way down the interstate at 70 (or so) MPH
 DD> when I passed a young toots yakking away on her cell phone. A few miles
 DD> down the road she came inching past me and my cruise control, steering
 DD> with her knees whilst texting on her cell. Texting while driving is
 DD> both dangerous (in extremis) anywhere and illegal in Illinois. So,
 DD> using my own cell with the bluetooth ear bob I whistled up the state
 DD> cops and ratted her out. Soon enough here came the state whip - and
 DD> over to the side of the road they went. Perhaps she will learn - or
 DD> perhaps she will just feel put-upon that someone may have saved her
 DD> (and others) life.

 NB> One would hope for the former... but I fear that the latter is more
 NB> likely...  As I don't do cell phone in moving vehicle (don't have a
 NB> hands-free, and prefer to pull over anyway), I haven't ratted out
 NB> anyone yet... though there have been a few I might have, had I been set
 NB> up to do so...  :)   Maybe if more did, there would be a bigger dent
 NB> put into the practice...?

I use a Bluetooth so that I can keep both hands on the wheel and watch traffic,
etc. And I have been known to tell the person on the other end "I'll call you
back, I'm in a place where I need to pay attention." I also have all my
frequent callers set up with different ring-tones so that I don't have to look
at the phone for caller-ID. If a call comes in on the "standard" ring tone and
I am driving I often answer the phone with "Who's this?"

Illinois and some other states (but not all) has a deal to call a state cop on
a non-911 basis. Dial *77 and the built-in GPS notes your location and hooks
you up with the nearest Smokey Bear. It has, according to the proponents of the
facility, cut down on traffic deaths and gotten a lot of drunks off the roads.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Drunken Turkey
 Categories: Poultry, Fruits, Chilies, Booze, Citrus
      Yield: 8 servings
 
     12 lb Turkey
      2 lb Mixed dried fruit
      1 c  Golden raisins
      4 lg Tart apples
      4    Oranges; juice only
  9 1/2 oz Can chilies chipotles
      3 c  Tequila
      3 c  Grand Marnier
    1/2 lb Unsalted butter; in 1" pcs
 
  Preheat oven to 325xF/160xC.

  Rinse turkey and pat dry inside and out. Set aside.

  Combine dried fruit, raisins, and apples in a medium-size
  bowl. Put orange juice and chilies (with sauce that clings to
  them) into a blender or food processor and process for 1
  minute. Add 1 cup each of tequila and Grand Marnier, then
  pour the mixture over the fruit and let rest 15 minutes.
  Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid. Cut half the butter
  into 1/2-inch pieces and combine with the fruit. 

  Stuff cavity of the turkey with most of the fruit. Place the
  turkey in a roasting bag, arrange remaining fruit on top of
  the bird and pour reserved orange juice-liquor mix over it. 

  Combine remaining tequila and Grand Marnier. Have ready a
  basting syringe fitted with a metal injection nozzle and
  inject the mixture all over the turkey. Melt remaining
  butter and carefully pour over the turkey in the roasting
  bag. 

  Seal bag and cut 1/4-inch slit on the top to let steam
  escape. Place in a roasting pan and roast for 2 1/2 hours.
  Every 30 minutes open bag (being careful to shield your face
  from steam) and inject more liquor, eventually using it up. 

  When ready to serve, slit open bag, arrange turkey on a
  platter, and scoop out the fruit stuffing. Place all the
  fruit in a serving bowl. Strain the juices that have
  accumulated in the bag, skim off any fat, and serve in a
  gravy boat.

  Serves 8 to 10
 
  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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